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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Corporate money and hospitality should be kept the hell away from politicians and the political system, and meetings between ministers and companies/trade associations/trade unions should take place in the ministry over weak tea and cheap biscuits with a a civil servant taking notes.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

The gunman at Trump’s golf course has been charged with two counts of illegal firearms possession which sounds about as far from an “assassination attempt” as it gets.

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John @johnpbh.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #758,828! So there you go... Who knew.

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Michelle 💙🌊😷🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @michellespenc.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

We must make sure this lunatic never steps foot in The Oval Office.

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

Love this Having provided feedback on many undergraduate essays and postgraduate theses over the years, I’m particularly taken by points 3, 5 & 8

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John @johnpbh.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

A cynophobic postman is found frozen in a river. Suspicion falls on Midsummer Itchington’s nerd, disturbed that a busload of Daleks might threaten the production of gay porn.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

"May I beg a favour?" Vetinari added, as they walked away together. "All those I reaped..." YOU WISH TO KNOW THEIR NUMBER? "No." Vetinari said, quietly. "I wish to know their names." Death paused. THAT MAY TAKE SOME TIME. "I have made the time." TIME AND KEBABS, THEN? "Time and kebabs" /END

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

For a brief moment, Vetinari thought about asking what that meant. But only briefly. Emotions are a cloak, and when you have spent a lifetime wearing them heavily, you learn to spot others who are doing the same. "Then to this Susan we must go." He said simply, standing up. Death nodded. 16/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

I HAVE... NEVER HAD A KEBAB. "Oh really?" Vetinari asked. "Well then this will be an opportunity for us both. But where will we find one?" If you'd asked Vetinari if a skull could smile before this conversation, he'd have said "no." Now he wasn't so sure THAT IS DEFINTIELY A SUSAN QUESTION 15/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

"Well," Vetinari said, "next up, according to a certain former watchman and current Patrician, is a thing I have been informed I should not miss out on the opportunity to discover: A 'decent' kebab'." A DECENT KEBAB? Death asked. "A decent kebab." Vetinari confirmed. 14/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

"But it made me think." Vetinari continued. "About what we do when the people... the places... we love no longer need us." Vetinari pulled out a piece of paper. Death only got a quick glance at it, but they could see that 'drinks with little umbrellas" was crossed out on a list. 13/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

"Tell me," Vetinari said eventually, looking up. "Do you know what a Bucket list is?" A LIST OF BUCKETS? "You would think that." Vetinari conceded. But apparently not. According to Sargeant Colon, and I quote, it is: "A list of things you do before... you know" KNOW WHAT "I don't know" 12/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Vetinari starred out across the sea. In the distance, if you squinted, you could see the masts of ships heading into the harbours of Ankh-Morpork. Suddenly, small pricks of light appeared. Gas lights on her streets being lit as the sun began to set. "Yes. For love." He agreed. 11/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

"And if you decided to stop?" STOP REAPING? I CANNOT. "You could choose not to." I... TRIED THAT. "And what happened?" I CHOSE TO REAP AGAIN "Why?" Death paused to consider. There are some things you know in your soul, but only finally understand when asked. FOR LOVE. 10/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

This time it was Vetinari who spoke first. "So," He asked, "why do YOU reap?" BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED. IF I DON'T REAP... IT ENDS. Vetinari nodded. On the horizon, the heat-haze of Ankh Morpork was just visible from the beach. Or at least he hoped that's what the haze was. 9/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

It was hard to say how long the silence lasted this time. There is, in fact, a god of awkward pauses. There are just very few temples to her on the Disk due to her habit of showing up to divine interventions late. She briefly thought about showing up here, but decided to stay well clear. 8/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

I HAVE... NEVER ASKED THAT BEFORE. "And yet you ask it of me. Why?" Death held up the egg timer. He felt it was as close as he could get to an explanation. "Well, tell me," Vetinari asked. "Do YOU regret it?" REGRET WHAT? "The killing." I DON'T KILL. I REAP. Vetinari smiled. "Me too." 7/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY? Death asked. "No need." Vetinari continued. "I have a reasonable idea." For a while there was just the sound of the waves. DO YOU REGRET IT? "Now THAT is a question." Vetinari replied, placing his now empty drink on the ground. "Do you ask that of everyone?" 6/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Death looked at the former Patrician, quisically. "Do you know how many people I've killed?" Vetinari asked, trying to spike some pineapple with his straw. DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY? "Is there a difference?" SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK SO. "Really? How odd." He held up the pineapple. "Got it" 5/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Death looked at the egg timer again and, because there are some narrative forces that even an anthropomorphic representation is unable to fight against, he shook it. Nothing happened. The final grain of sand still failed to move. Vetinari raised an amused eyebrow. He sipped his drink again. 4/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

"I find it intriguing." Vetinari mused, stirring the drink. "You'd think the little umbrella wouldn't make a difference. But it really does." "I'd never normally have tried one." He added. "But... Well. Have you ever met Nobby Nobbs?" PARTS OF HIM, YES. "Well he insisted I give it a go." 3/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Vetinari laid back in his chair and took a sip of the odd concoction in his hand. "Have you ever tried one?" He eventually asked. TRIED WHAT? "An alcoholic beverage with a little umbrella in it." I CANNOT TASTE ALCOHOL. OR UMBRELLAS. Death added. He was't sure if that required saying. 2/17

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

IT IS TIME The man looked up from his beach chair. "Really?" He said. "I've only just retired." Death held up a timer. A single grain was about to fall. And then... It didn't. CURIOUS Vetinari shrugged. "I've only just discovered drinks with little umbrellas. I'll let it fall in a bit" 1/17

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/08/2024

It’s important to remember the couch joke would be mean if it was about a normal person but it’s not about a normal person it’s about a vindictive cruel asshole and anyone clutching their pearls about any decorum as they ignore just how monstrous he is (and wants to be to you) can kiss your ass

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Georgi Siana 🇧🇬🇪🇺 @siana-georgi.bsky.social · 10/08/2024

Oh hello Mr ‘Get Brexit done’ also known as Mr. ‘40 new hospitals’ , also known as Mr. ‘I nearly died from COVID’ . Also known for not knowing how many kids he has with how many different women. Why you’re not in the competition for new Conservative leader? Still hiding in the fridge perhaps? 🤷‍♀️

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Georgi Siana 🇧🇬🇪🇺 @siana-georgi.bsky.social · 10/08/2024

The Moon kissing the ocean 😘❤️ Good night guys xx

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Five go taking are cuntry back

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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 27/05/2024

I will change nothing and you will love me for it

A four-panel comic titled "Dog Domestication" and "Cat Domestication" by Sarah Andersen.

The first two panels are labeled "Dog Domestication" and show:
1. An evolutionary scene with two wolves running. The text reads, "We changed form, size, personality..."
2. A modern dog sitting comfortably in a pet bed with a bone beside it. The text reads, "...Lifestyle, instinct, our entire way of being."

The next two panels are labeled "Cat Domestication" and show:
1. A cat walking outside with grass in the background.
2. The same cat now walking inside a house. The text reads, "We went inside."

The artist's signature, "Sarah Andersen," is in the bottom right corner.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 04/08/2024

Can't really get over seeing people pay Elon Musk to post takes like this. Start a blog!

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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 03/08/2024

The Times perfectly summing up Farage

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Jack Sprat @jacksprat39.bsky.social · 04/08/2024

A poster for the ages...

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Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social · 04/08/2024

Trump is so popular with Black voters that dozens of AI-generated Black women created by some bumbling white dude are proud to support him with their six-fingered hands.

RT @SharikaSoal84 They are afraid of black women supporting Trump because when we do, we drop the hoodrat act, and the left hates classy women! Readers added context. This is an Al generated or doctored photo. Look at Trumps hair more closely. Alternatively, look at the hands.

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FEISTY😈 @crzyfkinworld.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Michelle Obama: When they go low, we go high. Harris War Room: When they go low, we kick them square in the nuts.

Trump: Crazy Kamala is saying she's Indian, not Black. This is a big deal. Stone cold phony. She uses everybody, including her racial identity.

Harris War Room:
Donald,
Kamala Harris is both Black, and Indian. You can be two things at once.
Kind of like how you are both a rapist and a racist.

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John @johnpbh.bsky.social · 29/07/2024

Who put these net things in the way....? Lol.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 26/07/2024

OK but seriously, in a country with no substantial data protection regulations, what the fuck did anyone imagine was going to happen?

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MTMcGurk @mtmcgurk.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

Incredible thread

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John @johnpbh.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

Farenheit 451 here we come. The minds that thought this up are the obscene things in this world.

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Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 25/07/2024

we keep finding out why the Tories declared an election and ran away

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John @johnpbh.bsky.social · 24/07/2024

What he said...!!! And well said sir...

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John @johnpbh.bsky.social · 19/07/2024

A geeky soprano singer is found strangled with piano wire. Suspicion falls on Midsummer Bush’s Foreign Legion Post Ladies Auxiliary, disturbed that the ghost walk might threaten the future of Morris Dancing.

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